Which preposition to use with flushes
Yet betimes I dreaded that in the flush of his excitement he might thoughtlessly let his tongue wander in directions wherein it was not befitting it should venture.
His adversary, however, evidently belonged to that class, and, when flushed with hope, reminded me of the feather-hunter.
"And so they should go down and see her, and so the Colonel should love his nurse and not forget his relations if they are old and poor!" cries Ethel, with a flush on her face, and tears starting in her eyes.
At six o'clock Fourteenth Street pours up from its basements, down from its lofts, and out from its five-and-ten-cent stores, shows, and arcades, in a great homeward torrenta sweeping torrent that flows full flush to the Subway, the Elevated, and the surface car, and then spreads thinly into the least pretentious of the city's homesthe five flights up, the two rooms rear, and the third floor back.
And at this point he noted that the arbutus-flush in her cheeks began to widen slowly, until, at last, it had burned back to the little pink ears, and had merged into the coppery glory of her hair, and had made her, if such a thing were possiblewhich a minute ago it manifestly was not,more beautiful and adorable and indescribable than ever before.
You don't suppose that after coming over here to see you that I can be deceived by such talk?" Rolfe flushed at these uncompromising words, but before he could speak Crewe proceeded in a milder tone.
It sent a flush into her cheeks and steadied the sick trembling that was shaking her through and through.
Bert muttered, his own face flushing from the look the Ramblin' Kid had given him.
The glance of the colonel cleared long enough to survey Donnegan slowly from head to foot, and his amusement sent the familiar hot flush over the face of the little man.
" Marcantonio flushed like a boy.
[Sidenote: 54, 262] With all his Crimes broad blowne, as fresh as May, [Sidenote: as flush as]
It seemed to the girls, who were curiously watching the scene, that the tramp flushed under his bronzed skin; but without reply he searched in a pocket and drew out four copper cents, which he laid upon the table.
She had flushed for pleasure at hearing him praised.
And, as a dying meteor stains a wreath Of moonlight vapour which the cold night clips, It flushed through his pale limbs, and passed to its eclipse. 13.
He was received at Flushing by the governor, Sir Philip Sidney, his nephew, the model of manners and conduct for the young men of his day.
" Morse flushed beneath the dark tan of his cheeks.
At the thought of Sarah the colour suddenly flushed across his thin, tanned face, and he moved uneasily.
All placid, serene, smiling, self-assured: a more lovely flush than usual heightening her natural graces, and adding charms, even to radiance, to her charming complexion.
He was satisfied with that solution, but when he pushed the bottom down on the blocks it did not fit perfectly flush against all four sides.
The man's body bounced on the incline, rolled, slid, tumbled, till at length he brought up against the boat's guard, and all that saved him a ducking was the prompt extension of several stout arms, which clutched and hauled him to the flush after deck.
The captain spoke earnestly, and there was a flush about his fine countenance, that gave it sternness and authority.
A little streak of colour flushed up to his eyes.
Stand out o'the way, sirrah, and be ready to gather up the pieces, that will flush out of the hat as I take it up.